Living in Wadestown: rents, schools, census and property titles
The 1,456 live property titles in Wadestown, Wellington City are almost all freehold (86%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 73 (5.0%), well below the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 73
- Share of live titles
- 5.0%
- Live titles in total
- 1,456
- Wellington City share
- 5.6%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Wellington City
- 23 of 32
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 496 of 644
Wadestown at a glance
Where Wadestown differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: median slope under buildings (higher than 99% of NZ suburbs); titles first issued since 2020 (lower than 98% of NZ suburbs); homes with a heat pump (lower than 94% of NZ suburbs).
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
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What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Wadestown is listed under Wellington City.
- 1,456 live titles are recorded here, including 73 cross-lease titles (5.0%).
- The page includes 2023 Census context for the statistical area that represents this suburb.
- The page includes MBIE new-tenancy rent figures for April–June 2026.
Contextual observations
- Cross-lease titles make up 5.0% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 5.8% of recorded titles, so title structure can vary within the suburb.
- Public-transport figures describe how recorded titles sit near mapped stops. They do not describe a service from a particular property.
- Coast distance is a suburb-level map measure, not a flood or hazard assessment.
Questions worth investigating
- For any cross-lease property you consider, do the current title, flats plan and lease match what is built today?
- What do the LIM, council property file and a suitable inspection add for the specific address?
No data held for this suburb
- The core title, Census, rent, transport and coast measures used by this page are available.
Title mix in Wadestown
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 1,253 | 86.1% |
| Cross lease | 73 | 5.0% |
| Unit title | 84 | 5.8% |
| Leasehold | 13 | 0.9% |
| Other record types | 33 | 2.3% |
| Total | 1,456 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Wadestown compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Wadestown is well below the national share (8.7%).
Across Wellington City as a whole, the share is 5.6%; Wadestown is slightly lower than the overall Wellington City share (5.6%).
How cross-leases in Wadestown are set up
Carports appear in fewer leases (3% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (3%, against 11% nationally).
Fewer schemes refer to more than one flats plan (11%, against 36% nationally), usually because a plan was redrawn.
| Scheme structure | Wadestown | Wellington City | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 35 | 2,130 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 82.9% | 82.4% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 11.4% | 6.7% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 2.9% | 10.4% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 657 m² | 759 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 297 m² | 350 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 20.0% | 18.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 2.9% | 8.1% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 2.9% | 4.3% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 11.4% | 22.5% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1981 | 1987 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 11 | 991 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Wadestown
Unit titles are 6% of Wadestown's titles, well below Wellington City (25%) and below New Zealand (8%). They belong to 32 developments, each run by a body corporate; half have 2 units or fewer.
13 titles (0.9%) are leasehold.
Most stated terms have more than 50 years to run.
Stated lease terms, as at 30 September 2026:
| Stated lease term | Titles |
|---|---|
| Stated term has ended | 0 |
| Under 10 years left | 0 |
| 10 to 50 years left | 0 |
| More than 50 years left | 13 |
| Term mentions renewal (including perpetually renewable) | 0 |
| Term not stated or not readable | 0 |
New titles in Wadestown since 2020
26 of Wadestown's current titles (2%) were first issued since 2020, well below Wellington City's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (8%) and well below New Zealand (12%).
That rate is joint lowest of 31 in Wellington City.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 26 | 5 |
| Unit title | 0 | 0 |
| Cross-lease | 0 | 0 |
| Leasehold | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
New titles include cross-leases converted to freehold and titles re-issued; they are not a count of new homes. Sources and limits
The lie of the land in Wadestown
The typical building in Wadestown stands on ground sloping 16.3° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated), the steepest of 32 in Wellington City.
About 56% of its 1,699 measured buildings stand on ground of 15° or more.
The land rises from about 9 m to 254 m, and 73% of all of it, including reserves and gullies, is 15° or steeper.
Unusually much of the sloping land faces north: 38%, where about a quarter would if slopes faced every way equally.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Wadestown
0% of Wadestown's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 15% within 500 m and 54% within 1 km. The typical title is 960 m away.
Measured in a straight line from the centre of each title's land to the coastline on LINZ's 1:50k topographic map, which follows harbours and estuaries as well as the open coast; lakes and rivers are not included. Distance says nothing about beach access, views or exposure to coastal hazards; council hazard maps and the LIM describe those.
Who lives around Wadestown: 2023 Census
About 100% of Wadestown's titles are in the census area Wadestown (a Stats NZ statistical area), so these figures describe that area, not Wadestown exactly.
Fewer households have no car in Wadestown than across Wellington City: 6.8% against 15.2%.
Fewer people live alone in Wadestown than across Wellington City: 17.2% against 24.1%.
Household incomes are higher in Wadestown than across Wellington City: $188,200 against $134,500.
| Measure | Wadestown | Wellington City whole council |
|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 3,696 | 202,689 |
| Change since 2018 | −1.5% | −0.0% |
| Change since 2013 | +5.1% | +6.1% |
| Median age | 38 | 34.9 |
| Households | 1,371 | 77,004 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 72.0% | 58.6% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 27.8% | 41.4% |
| Median household income | $188,200 | $134,500 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $600 | $560 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 6.3% | 7.8% |
| Ages | ||
| Under 15 | 14.1% | 14.4% |
| 15 to 29 | 26.1% | 27.2% |
| 30 to 64 | 47.3% | 46.8% |
| 65 and over | 12.5% | 11.7% |
| Where people came from | ||
| Born overseas | 26.7% | 34.6% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 20.2% | 23.2% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 36.1% | 44.2% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 5.2% | 5.4% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 18.9% | 24.0% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | ||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 65.2% | 48.6% |
| Employed full-time | 62.5% | 59.0% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 2.0% | 3.0% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 70.1% | 59.5% |
| Median personal income | $71,600 | $55,500 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | ||
| Work from home | 19.2% | 18.7% |
| Car, truck or van | 36.4% | 39.0% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 18.1% | 20.0% |
| Walk or cycle | 23.0% | 19.8% |
| Households and families | ||
| One-person households | 17.2% | 24.1% |
| Average people per household | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 6.8% | 15.2% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 3.1% | 5.0% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 43.6% | 43.0% |
| Couples without children | 49.7% | 44.8% |
| One-parent families | 6.7% | 12.2% |
| Homes | ||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 77.4% | 59.7% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 51.0% | 53.6% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 24.4% | 22.9% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 16.8% | 16.1% |
Rents around Wadestown
New tenancies in Wadestown in the April–June 2026 quarter had a median rent of $620 a week (up 5.1% on a year earlier). That is close to the typical suburb in Wellington City ($625), and close to the national median ($600).
| April–June 2026 | Wadestown | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $620 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $475–$800 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | +5.1% | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 27 | 40,827 |
Schools and hospitals near Wadestown
One school site lies inside Wadestown: Wadestown School (Full Primary).
- Wadestown School (Full Primary)
- Nearest school: Wadestown School (0.6 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Queen Margaret College (1.2 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Wellington Hospital (5.2 km)
School enrolment zones in Wadestown: a guide
Six secondary schools have a home zone covering most of Wadestown's titles, among them Hutt International Boys School, Onslow College and St Oran's College.
- Thorndon School (primary, Years 1–8): about 30% of titles
- Otari School (primary, Years 1–8): about 10% of titles
- Hutt International Boys School (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- Onslow College (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- St Oran's College (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- Wellington Girls' College (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- Wellington College (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- Wellington High School & Com Ed Centre (secondary): all or nearly all titles
A guide only: check the school's own zone map for any address. Zones as at 14 July 2026. Sources and limits
Public transport in Wadestown
100% of Wadestown's titles are within 400 m of a stop with a scheduled weekday service, close to Wellington City as a whole (96%).
43% are that close to a frequent stop (60 or more departures that day), well below the council (69%).
The typical title is 163 m in a straight line from its nearest stop.
Timetable of Wednesday 30 September 2026, Metlink (Greater Wellington Regional Council). Sources and limits
Places of worship near Wadestown
OpenStreetMap maps 2 places of worship inside Wadestown (2 Christian).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Anglican Parish Church of St Luke, under 1 km away
- Hindu: ISKCON Wellington Newlands Temple, 5.1 km away
- Buddhist: Mountains and Rivers Order Zen, 2.0 km away
- Muslim: Muslims Students Association Prayer Rooms, 3.0 km away
- Jewish: Wellington Progressive Jewish Congregation, 3.3 km away
Listed as facilities for access; not an indicator of who lives here. Sources and limits
Other suburbs in Wellington City with many cross-leases
- Johnsonville: 616 cross-lease titles (13.1%)
- Karori: 469 cross-lease titles (7.9%)
- Tawa: 380 cross-lease titles (6.8%)
- Miramar: 335 cross-lease titles (8.8%)
- Newlands: 328 cross-lease titles (10.5%)
- Churton Park: 271 cross-lease titles (9.2%)
- Khandallah: 230 cross-lease titles (6.6%)
- Woodridge: 186 cross-lease titles (25.4%)
All suburbs in Wellington City
Suburbs like Wadestown
The closest match on the measures on this site is Brooklyn, Wellington City in Wellington City, nearest on population change, commuting on foot or by bike, distance to a hospital. Closeness is arithmetic, not a rating. Sources and limits
| Suburb | Council | Cross-lease share of titles | Median weekly rent, new tenancies | Median age | Closest on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn, Wellington City | Wellington City | 5.6% | $663 | 35.7 | population change, commuting on foot or by bike, distance to a hospital |
| Northland | Wellington City | 2.9% | $595 | 32.5 | near a stop, land per flat, distance to the coast |
| Hataitai | Wellington City | 5.6% | $585 | 33.8 | near a stop, heat pumps, distance to the coast |
| Ngaio | Wellington City | 7.0% | $625 | 41.9 | schools, population change, rent |
| Vogeltown, Wellington City | Wellington City | 8.4% | $540 | 35.9 | near a stop, population change, distance to the coast |
Questions
What is the rent in Wadestown?
New tenancies in the Wadestown rent area had a median rent of $620 a week in the April–June 2026 quarter (MBIE bond data, all dwelling types). These are rents agreed for new tenancies, not asking rents. The middle half of those rents ran from $475 to $800.
What schools are in Wadestown?
LINZ maps 1 school site inside Wadestown: Wadestown School. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Queen Margaret College (1.2 km in a straight line). Secondary-school home zones covering most of its titles include Hutt International Boys School, Onslow College and St Oran's College; check the school's own zone map for any address.